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A test of the lipofuscin technique of age estimation in fish
Author(s) -
Girven R. J.,
Gauldie R. W.,
Czochanska Z.,
Woolhouse A. D.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of applied ichthyology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1439-0426
pISSN - 0175-8659
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0426.1993.tb00529.x
Subject(s) - lipofuscin , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , carp , zoology , fishery , biochemistry
Summary A stable extraction technique was developed to quantify the lipofuscin content of fish brains. Samples of brains of the same age but different size rass carp showed that a large part of the variation in lipofuscin content was related to the weight of the fish.